Dispensing apparatus for soda fountains



4 Aug. 21,* 1923. 1,465,680

VM PAPPAS ET AL DISPENSING APPARATUS FCR SODA FOUNTAINS Filed March l. 1921 -l u attorney? Patented ug; 21, 1923.V Y

WILLIAM Parras AND rnfrnararrnsjor wnnsrnn CITY, iowa.

DISPENSING errana'rus ron sona. ronnranvs.

Application led March 1, 1921. Serial'No. 448,887.

To all 1li/10mi?? may concern.' y

Be itA known that we, limitant.Parras and Parmi Parras, citizens ot the United States, and residents of Webster City,v in the 5 count ot Hamilton and State of Iowa, have invented a new anduseful Dispensing- Apparatus Jfor Soda Fountains, ot which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a. novel, convenient" and improved device rior vending powdered substances at soda tounta-ins, such as malted milk, broma-Seltzer. etc., and to provide novel means tor keeping the contents of the dispenser free from attain these and other objects of our invention by the device illustrated in the accompanying` dra-wings, in which- Y Figure lis a verticall sectionpartly in side elevation, of our complete device;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2-2 ot Fig. 1; 1 y

Fig. 3 is a detailed plan view of member 19; Y Fig. 1 isa horizontal section Von line 1 4 ot Fig. 1; and

Figure 5 is a vertical section on line 5`5 ot' Fig. 2.

Like numerals designate like parts in eac-h ot' the several views. l

Referringto the accompanying drawings, we provide a suitable casing` or container 1, on which is mounted .a suitable screw top 2 provided with an interiorly chambered knob 3, which provides a bearing tor the central rod The latter member carries al suitable star-shaped pulverizing member 5' atlixed to it andin proximity to the inner bottom plate 7, which is provided with a circular chambered portion 6 to accommodate the star member 5, asV shown in F igs. 2 and 5. A suitable washer Sis inte-rposed between members and 1 as shown 1n rigs. 1 and 5. Plate 7 is provided with a suitable, preferably round, discharge opening 9, as shown in Fig. '2. As shown in F we provide a rotatable valve 19, having a suitable, preferably round, opening 2O which may be brought into andrmoved out dampness and in pulverized condition. *WeV of alignment .with the opening 9 in plate 7.

Member 19 is provided with an operating; i

handle 18. A suitablespring' 17 attached to-eyes 16 resiliently attaches valve 19 to the shoulder ot the cut-out portion 14 o-:t the bottom` plate 10. The latter member is held in fixed position relative to the plate 7 by means ot suitable bolts or screws 13, as show-n in Figs. tand 5. Bottom plate 10 isA provided withan openingr 11 which normally is in alignment with the opening 9 ot plate 7 since members 7 andv 10 are held in a fixed relation. Bottom plate 10 is provided with an arcuate cut-.out'portion 14 to accommodate the spring 17, and is further provided with the arcuate slotV 15, through which the handle 18 of valve 19 extends. The lower' end of rod l is threaded and securely atliXed to the rotatable valve 19, and rotates with that member, thus pulverizing the material in the lower Vportion of the container, when the valve is'operated.

What we claim is:

In a dispensing apparatus .tor soda tountains, the combination With a suitable container of a bottom plate having an opening therethrough 'for Vthe discharge ot powdered substances. a second .spacedV bottom plate forming' the bottom member ot the contafiner and having' an opening-l permanently aligned with the openingin the lirst mentioned plate, an interposed manually rotatable-va-lve having a corresponding" opening movable into and ont ot registration with the openings in the spaced bottom plates, said valve having' a projecting` handle for its manual operation. the second bottom plate haviima. cut-away portion to permit the said handle to project theretln'ougjh and have a limited range of movement the interiorot' the bottom of the container having' arecessed portionextending to the aforesaid cut-away1 portion. and a. spring mounted in said recessed portion and operatively atV tached to the rotatable valve to normally close the valve opening.

WILLIAM Parras. Y PETER Parras. 

